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You know that feeling when you stick your hand in the pocket of your jeans and, to your surprise, your unsuspecting little fingers find themselves clutching a £10 note? Thats how I felt coming out of our Taxonomy discussion on thursday evening. Yes, I was exhausted. Yes, I was delighted that it was over. But equally, I was really rather impressed with how well it had gone.

Those of you who read my blog last week will have seen my three rules for a productive taxonomy discussion. Quick recap:

1. Leave your blindfold and blinkers at home.

Understand the task at hand

2. The more cooks, the better the broth.

Have accurate representation from as many business areas as possible

3. A picture paints a thousand words.

Answer the “meta-questions” first. Where is our value? Who is it for? Etc etc.

I have a confession. When I first laid out these rules, they were entirely untested. They were merely formulated off the back of a previous failed attempt. However, they work!

Before the discussion got underway, I showed a little presentation to make sure everyone was working with the same definitions of taxonomy, metadata etc. This was pieced together from a combination of my own work and the following presentation: